Some time ago, I made this shawl as a project for a Craftsy class. I love the shawl, but it’s really too small to be useful to me. Sad, isn’t it? Anyway, I had some of the yarn left and decided to make it again in a larger size. I […]
Last summer my husband and I took a cruise around the Hawaiian islands to celebrate our anniversary. While there, I bought a special batik that is only sold in one shop in the world. I decided to use it in a small quilt as a memento of our trip. Fast […]
I found a recipe on the Weight Watchers site for some goodies to make for Valentine’s Day, and I thought perhaps my husband might enjoy them. My goodness, but were they ever easy to prepare! They use one of my favorite combinations — chocolate and raspberry — but I don’t […]
Some time ago, I made a beaded shawl called Accola as part of a Craftsy class. It was really pretty, but I made the small size and realized that it would be much more useful for my purposes if I’d made it larger. Tearing the original one apart was going […]
Wow! Time certainly does sneak by, doesn’t it? Of course, it’s easy to lose a huge chunk of time when we’re sick, and that’s what happened to me last week. With the very bad flu season all around us, I headed for the doctor’s office right away when I realized […]
My hands — and feet, too — get awfully cold, even in the comparatively mild climate where we live. Sometimes they get so cold that the shade of white they turn makes them look dead. Ugh! I’ve worn gloves for years, of course, but sometimes gloves get in the way […]